I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

Any commands which Congress may have for me shall be cheerfully executed by one of their earliest soldiers, whose happiness it is to think that, at a less smiling moment, he had the honor to be adopted by America, and whose blood, exertions, and affections will in her good times, as they have been in her worst, be entirely at her service.

Do not let us despair of the cause of liberty: it is still dear to the hearts of Frenchmen, and we shall one day have the felicity of seeing it established in our beloved country.

I am astonished but not discouraged by my enormous responsibility. Devoted both from affection and duty to the cause of the people, I shall combat with equal ardor aristocracy, despotism, and faction.

The Huron and Iroquois forests are peopled by my friends; with me, the despots of Europe and their courts are the savages.